The Marine Fisheries Council meets bi-monthly on the first or second Thursday of the month. The two sections of the NJ Shell Fisheries Council (Delaware Bay and Atlantic Coast) meet monthly. The DBSC usually meets on the first Tuesday of the month. The ACSC usually meets on the third Monday of the month. The public is welcome to attend these meetings.

Marine Fisheries Council
Meets at the Galloway Twp. Branch of the Atlantic Co. Library, 306 East Jimmie Leeds Rd., Galloway, NJ 08205, at 4pm. Please call 609-292-7794 to confirm date and time of meeting. (Directions)

2008
January 3
February 11 - Special meeting at 3:30pm regarding the Horseshoe Crab Regulatory Proposal. Meeting will be at the Batsto Village Office Visitor Center in Wharton State Forest. A map and directions can be found at www.nj.gov/dep/parksandforests/parks/wharton.html.
March 6
March 18 - Special meeting regarding New Jersey's non-compliance with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Tautog Plan. The meeting will be held at the Nacote Creek Research Center Law Enforcement Building, two miles north of Smithville on Rt. 9 in Galloway Township, at 6:30pm.
May 1
July 10
September 4
November 6

To confirm meetings call 609-292-7794.

Atlantic Coast Section of the Shell Fisheries Council
Meeting location at Nacote Creek Law Enforcement Office, Route 9, Mile Marker 51, Port Republic (Atlantic County) unless otherwise noted; meeting time is 7pm.

2008
January 14
February 25
March 17
April 21 - CANCELLED
May 19
June 16
July 21
August 18
September 15
October 20
November 17
December 15

To confirm locations and for directions please call 609-748-2040 the day of the meeting.

Delaware Bay Section of the Shell Fisheries Council
From April to November the meetings start at 7 pm, December through March the meetings start at 6 pm. The meetings are held at the Haskin Shellfish Research Lab, 1670 E. Buckshutem Rd., Millville, in Cumberland County.

2008
January 2
February 18
March 4
April 1
May 6
June 3
July 1
August 5
September 2
October 7
November 4
December 2